CMS & LAMP Web Developer: Full-Time job

Description

Arsenal Studios is seeking a Web Developer for a full time opportunity. The immediate objective is to assist in development of our rapidly growing custom web software business and help build highly customized WordPress and Drupal websites in support of complex, long term marketing campaigns.

In this position, the selected candidate will be working in a PHP / MySQL (LAMP Stack) environment to develop web based software, custom WordPress and Drupal solutions, and dynamic web sites. If you have the chops, you may also be contributing to front end development using technologies such as Bootstrap, Foundation, Angular.js and much more (see the “Tool Box” section for all the cool toys we play with). You will be working with a talented team of developers and designers on fun and unique projects. We are waaaay different than your typical ad agency or web design company, and make this distinction as a point of pride. Our clients love us and we love them back. Do you want to share the love?

About Working for Arsenal Studios

Arsenal Studios is an ethical web design company. Since 2008, we have experienced growth and success due to our reputation for fair practices, honesty, and transparency. We care about our clients and are in close contact with them. We regularly work with the same client on a multitude of projects due to our depth of knowledge and problem solving skills.

Culture
You must be an honest, sincere, likable person and be adept at interacting with clients through phone, email, video chat, and in person. Here are some values that we all share:

Passion for learning: You must possess an autodidactic mindset and zeal for knowledge sharing.

Forward-looking: We are constantly evolving our practices and working with new technologies. Moore’s law can’t keep up with us.

Accountability: Our clients expect us to deliver on time and on budget. Our team is only as strong as its weakest link.

Agility: You will be touching many different projects and shifting gears regularly.

Positivity: We laugh way more than we grumble. Negative Nellies best step off.

Work From Home

Though we have offices in Baltimore, MD and Pittsburgh, PA, we primarily operate in an officeless work environment and can hire candidates throughout the USA. We work during regular East Coast business hours, but from home or from our personal studios and meet virtually on a regular basis. We supply you with a technology fund so that you can purchase the tools you need to bring the office to you. Pittsburgh, PA applicants are extremely desirable due to our large local client base.

Example Projects

Just so we are on the same page, here are some example projects that will help you understand the role:

College application system - Work with a small team of developers and designers to create a robust online application system and reporting console for administrators with a LAMP stack back end and a Foundation / Angular.js front end.

CMS development - Work with a designer and front end developer to customize a WordPress site with Advanced Custom Fields or Drupal site with Paragraphs and build deep custom functionality for advanced client use.

Budgeting system - Work with a small team of developers and designers to create a Mint.com style budgeting system with a LAMP stack back end and a Foundation / Angular.js front end.


Skill Set Details:

A promising portfolio that features your back end programming skills (PHP, MySQL or SQL based DB technologies, OOP etc.)

2+ years experience building complex web based software and / or working in Drupal / WordPress CMS

The ability to turn a client into a collaborator through excellence in communication and customer service

Experience developing for different devices and screen sizes. Responsive development a plus.

The driving desire to learn, innovate, and collaborate with a team of like-minded developers and designers

The ability to empower clients via open source CMS solutions

Things you should know or be prepared to learn:

Familiarity with jQuery, AngularJS, and other JavaScript libraries / frameworks

Working knowledge of SEO best practices

Experience working within a PHP development framework

Solid grasp of Object-Oriented Programming

Experience with CMS such as Drupal and WordPress

Source control (SVN, Git, etc.) familiarity

Some familiarity with configuring web servers

Mobile development (web or app) experience

Tool Box

Here are some platforms and technologies we regularly work with. Familiarity with any of these technologies is a plus and should be noted in your cover letter / resume:

CMSs

WordPress

Drupal

Backend

PHP

Doctrine ORM

MySQL

Twig

Build tools

Grunt

Sass

NPM Scripts

Git

Subversion

Frontend

jQuery

Angular

Foundation

Bootstrap

Deployment

Beanstalk

If this opportunity sounds like it is for you, please send cover letter and attached résumé and portfolio / or links to résumé / portfolio.